What is your slavery footprint?

Dean wrote: The test is a nonsense - it assumes too much. Based on the results in this thread there are more slaves than there are people on the planet. Current estimates predict (guess) there are between 2.7 and 100 million people working in conditions that could be regarded as slavery - with around 500million people living in the western world enjoying the benfits of that slave-labour we each "own" 1/5th of a slave. It's still not a number to be proud of, it should be zero.

Let's have a look at your basement then.  

Mebbeee our slaves our multi-tasking.  Yes, it is a silly poll, but I thought we could have a little fun with it.


Edited by Slartibartfast - July 28 2012 at 18:40

I have never owned any slaves yet so without answering that test I can say mine is zero.

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According to this survey, 21 people worked on the stuff I own in the conditions of slavery.
But I'm not really sure about all my answers (especially about food and clothes) and I wonder if this survey shouldn't also take in count some other points, such as :
 - how old is the electronic equipment?
 - where and/or when were bought the clothes?
 - what if I buy coffee or eat food from "fairtrade" brands (if this trade is really as "fair" as these brands claim it)?

44.

If I can't whip them, they don't exist.

stonebeard wrote: I apparently have 38 slaves. But I've never seen them. Are they invisible? If I own people I want to be able to beat them too, so by denying me that I would hesitate to call them my my slaves. Maybe I'm just borrowing or leasing them. I'm really not comfortable with someone other than me harassing my slaves.

I would never mistreat them and I would feed them as well as possible.

You Have

19 Slaves Working For You.

Kdo ví co jsem vlastně vyplnil, že jsem takové skóre dostal.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Slartibartfast wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: My slavery footprint is 0 since I have never owned one nor supported such an institution.  Your hands are clean, you live out in the wilderness and have never bought anything. I disagree with the general methodology if that is what you mean by that. You can trace your dollars back to anything at all. It's kind of stupid. Much like the entire design of that website which frustrated me and caused me to not get the number they would assign to me.

I just want to know if I can have some of them over to do yard work and house cleaning.

Slartibartfast wrote: Equality 7-2521 wrote: My slavery footprint is 0 since I have never owned one nor supported such an institution.  Your hands are clean, you live out in the wilderness and have never bought anything.

I disagree with the general methodology if that is what you mean by that. You can trace your dollars back to anything at all. It's kind of stupid. Much like the entire design of that website which frustrated me and caused me to not get the number they would assign to me.